Project: HL2 Combine Elite

[SabreNoose]

heya guys,

after ages of consideration i have decided that i would love to mod my case based on my favourite game. I want to create a mod of my Alienware copy case, based on the Overwatch elite NVP from Halflife 2.

I would love you guys to tell me if you think i should go ahead with it?

Heres the case as it stands.

http://img295.imageshack.us/img295/7053/p5310727cs3.jpg
http://img125.imageshack.us/img125/3073/p5310728lu9.jpg

http://www.halflife2.net/images/games/hl2/enemy_elite.jpg
http://img377.imageshack.us/img377/5734/combineassasinehc9.jpg

my intentions are the put an etched window in the side, paint the whole thing white and red, with blue lights inside. I plan to put a half life 2 logo on the front of the door, and various details, made from milliput.

[psychowit]

great!! go ahead!!!

[SabreNoose]

Okay guys a mini update, im working on the HL2 emblem for the front of the case, im currently waiting on some milliput epoxy resin stuff to put over the top, but this is like the shell for me to work around. as you can see the front of the case has like a apex kinda thing going on, so i have had to construct the logo so that it will fit the case like this.

http://img512.imageshack.us/img512/6234/p5310730ls6.jpghttp://img511.imageshack.us/img511/9813/p5310729yi7.jpg

On the front door, and possible around the sides, im going to cut a piece of card the same size, then disect it. adding little lumps and bumps to make it look metal panelling. more to come soon.

[SabreNoose]

Heya, update.

I have been working on the emblem for the front of the case, it has taken a fair bit of time to sculpt it out of cardboard, then out of Milliput, i have sanded it down to make it smooth, its still alittle sketchy, but i will paint it after i finish it.

Im taking this project slowly as funds are tight, i would love to mount an lcd on the front of my case and play a continuous video from the halflife game, but until i get the funds i will have to wait and see.

http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/3051/p6020734mf0.jpg

http://img252.imageshack.us/img252/4470/p6020735mq8.jpg

http://img525.imageshack.us/img525/2498/p6020736mc6.jpg

http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/5581/p6020738ps5.jpg

http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/6333/p6030739fq4.jpg

[Darth Invader]

Hi Sabrenoose, who is the manufacturer of this case?
Hugs,
Darth

[slytherock]

Hi Sabrenoose, who is the manufacturer of this case?
Hugs,
Darth

For now that the case starte to be mod, I'd say the manufacturer is now Sabrenoose ;)
Seriously, I think it's a Raidmax

[jdbnsn]

The emblem looks nice, and for the record...
Should i mod this case? You never have to ask that question, the answer is always Hell Yeah!

[SabreNoose]

ahaha, the case is an alienware copy, the company is one of those, unnamed ones, i liked it being an alienware copy, but it was abit shortlived. i saw a great deal of potential in it. I cant find anohter one of the same i t was just one on ebay.

thanks for your support guys

[SabreNoose]

I have sanded it down to the max ahaha, but heres the emblem nearly done. i have found an lcd for £15 with video input. so i may be able ot have my lcd dreams come true. but im taking it slow so well have to see.

http://img105.imageshack.us/img105/7099/p6040740do5.jpg

[jjbull]

could you tell me where you have found one as i will be in the market for one shortly but thye cheapest i had found was an 8" ps2 screen that i would have to strip down

[SabreNoose]

I found one on ebay, but i lost the auction cos i was in an exam, it went for £16. what a "wounder".

[SabreNoose]

http://img388.imageshack.us/img388/1038/p6040741yr2.jpg

[slytherock]

You covered it with chocolate? :D

[Drum Thumper]

You covered it with chocolate? :D

Edible modding...he could be onto something here! :p

[SabreNoose]

Hey all,

Im back on the project, stronger than ever. I recently won the modders challenge, and i thought that seeing as i have been given this award, i should give back to the Modding community, and continue with my Half life 2 based mod.

I took the side vents off the case and painted these white, then sanded, then red, then sanded, then red with a black mist over the top and then clear coated them, the result can be see here:

http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x211/Sabrenoose/P7050738.jpg

I then masked the area outside of the side vent and painted these white and black, to give a dirty white look, im fairly pleased, i then clear coated the whole thing:

http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x211/Sabrenoose/P7140749.jpg

I Went out later this week during college and bought a Crow bar for my case, £3.99 (what a bargain). I intend to mount it on the top (after painting it) as a handle.

http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x211/Sabrenoose/P7120746.jpg
http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x211/Sabrenoose/P7140747.jpg

I then began to mark out the window on the side opposite to the moby:

http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x211/Sabrenoose/P7120743.jpg

After this was done i started to paint the other side of the case (i will paint the window side after cutting it). I had a minor disaster, I was forced to paint outside by the powers that be, and as a result the wind blew and dust went right accross my case. I had had a bad day already as it was, so i got my nail and wrote TW*T across it in anger. and went for relaxing browse through tbcs. Later that night i sanded the whole thing back and reapplied the paint, about 5 coats so far to clear up all of the little lumps and bumps.

http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x211/Sabrenoose/P7120744.jpg

http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x211/Sabrenoose/P7140748.jpg


Finally, the most recent step i have taken is to mount my finished logo on the door of the case, i intent to also mount a fan controller prior to me finishing this paint job. As you can see i have masked off the logo as i dont want to ruin the finished part on the top, and i have used ripped parts of my A level maths sheets (which i have now dropped, so boyah, no more critical path analysis etc)

http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x211/Sabrenoose/P7070742.jpg

Im going to work more on the project tomorrow, work on the paint job and do some stencil work on the other side.

Thanks for reading!

[Spawn-Inc]

ohhh yeah... this mod. looks like its coming right along. i like crowbar idea +rep for that.

[psychowit]

OMG this is gonna be sooooooo awsm!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! u literally climbed into my mind and stole my ideas !!! haha I love it can't wait to see it finnished!!!

[calumc]

about the crowbar how are you planning to attach it? i do have an idea for doing it but i'd like to see what you come up with

[SabreNoose]

about the crowbar how are you planning to attach it? i do have an idea for doing it but i'd like to see what you come up with

Ahh well that wud be telling, truthfully the crowbar is alittle long, but i need to get access to my grandads workshop before i can talk it through and fully understand my options, but it gunna be sweet :D

Anyone know any shops in the uk that sell aluminium mesh?

[SabreNoose]

Okay then, a quick update, finally finished the one side, and the crowbar!

http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x211/Sabrenoose/P7140751.jpg
http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x211/Sabrenoose/P7150752.jpg

[Elenril]

I'm not such a big fan of Half-Life, but that looks sweet man. I like the misty/dirty look on the side vents.

[SabreNoose]

Okay then guys, i am going to my grandads workshop on friday to mount the fan controller and cut the window, should be a rather productive day!

[SabreNoose]

Sorry to post in my own thread, i need to get some cheap mesh, anyone got any ideas for sources that arent on the internet. My new fan controller should arrive tomorrow, hopefully.

[Eclecticos]

Well, TGS got some great looking mesh off a Trash Bin.
You can also get rain gutter guards from Home Depot.
I got some off old PC speakers that I had Blown Lonnng Ago.

[The Black Pumpkin]

I got a dying shredder that had a mesh base. Lot's of stock in that one.

[The boy 4rm oz]

This is starting to look really good.

[SabreNoose]

Another small update, i have workshop access tomrrow so i think that the majority of the work will be completed tomorrow, i have however today customized the keyboard, fan controller and bay doors.

here are the painted drive bay's
http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x211/Sabrenoose/P7190756.jpg
http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x211/Sabrenoose/P7190763.jpg

http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x211/Sabrenoose/P7190757.jpg
http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x211/Sabrenoose/P7190764.jpg

http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x211/Sabrenoose/P7190762.jpg

More tomorrow!

[psychowit]

Like it. Nice.

[The boy 4rm oz]

Lookn good.

[|NQ|Squelsh]

Are you planing to model the red eye and those ear-things that can be seen in the HL2 Pics from your first post?

[SabreNoose]

Are you planing to model the red eye and those ear-things that can be seen in the HL2 Pics from your first post?

I was going to, but i am not anymore, im more basing the colour scheme around that character. i have finished the modding part now, ill update soon, im just gunna paint now, and also i left part of it at the workshop, so nowi have to arrange for that to come back to me before i can finish the mod. ahah.

[slytherock]

I was cleaning my old email on found something that might give some more ideas...
Link (http://members.home.nl/gis/)

[SabreNoose]

I havent really had the time or effort to upload and update the thread, no one really seems interested, but ive started so i shall continue.

I have done alot of work, so this post is very picture heavy.

I decided that i wanted to paint my keyboard, i took my old microsoft keyboard apart, sanded the plastic, undercoated it with black, then painted and glossed it.
http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x211/Sabrenoose/P7190758.jpg
http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x211/Sabrenoose/P7190753-1.jpg
http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x211/Sabrenoose/P7190764-1.jpg

Here are the drive bays and fan controller painted.
http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x211/Sabrenoose/P7190756-1.jpg

I then took my case to my Grandad's work shop.

here is the case during disassembly:
http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x211/Sabrenoose/P7200765.jpg
http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x211/Sabrenoose/P7200783.jpg

we had a few ideas about attatching the crowbar:
http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x211/Sabrenoose/P7200768.jpg

Preparing the window:
http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x211/Sabrenoose/P7200769.jpg

The window cut:
http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x211/Sabrenoose/P7200779.jpg

Cutting out the middle of the window:
http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x211/Sabrenoose/P7200780.jpg
http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x211/Sabrenoose/P7200781.jpg
http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x211/Sabrenoose/P7200784.jpg

Cutting the gap for the Fan Controller and fitting it into the door:
http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x211/Sabrenoose/P7200786.jpg
http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x211/Sabrenoose/P7200787.jpg
http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x211/Sabrenoose/P7200788.jpg

http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x211/Sabrenoose/P7200785.jpg

The front door completed: However the logo is different colour white! i think its from a different batch of the paint:
http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x211/Sabrenoose/P8030840.jpg

I FOUND SOME CHEAP MESH! £1.50 persheet, its a pinboard:
http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x211/Sabrenoose/P8020837.jpg
http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x211/Sabrenoose/P8020838.jpg
Fitting the window: http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x211/Sabrenoose/P8030839.jpg

Fitting the crowbar supports (ugly, but im gunna sort those out)
http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x211/Sabrenoose/P7200789.jpg
http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x211/Sabrenoose/P7200791.jpg

Thats all for now folks, im gunna continue when i get the time+ my case from the TBCS vandal proof comp, so i can migrate my system to that case.

[xRyokenx]

It's looking quite good. Sorry if I hadn't seemed to interested in it, I've been busy with a lot of stuff going on in my personal life... I do like how you made the window, that is cool. Keep up the good work. :D

-Ryoken

[elbarto241]

that crowbar placement reminds me of a mod that MNPC tech did a while back... bill owen's pink floyd's THE WALL (http://www.themodnation-forums.com/viewtopic.php?t=93)

[dgrmkrp]

The project is interesting.. but there are so many projects, so lil time ;) and this is a worklog, mainly for your personal enjoyment;) So, keep the modding going, we are watching :)

[SabreNoose]

Not that anyone is gunna see this ahahaha, but i have completed the side, i thought id upload for the sake of the worklog.

http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x211/Sabrenoose/P8050842.jpg

[.Maleficus.]

Not that anyone is gunna see this ahahaha, but i have completed the side, i thought id upload for the sake of the worklog.
A lot of people (myself included) like to read logs without posting. I post in some, but I try to read all of them, so keep posting ;).

But, it's looking great, and I envy that mesh you found! It looks pretty awesome on the panel! Keep it up man :up:

[Bucko]

A lot of people (myself included) like to read logs without posting.

Exactly. Adding a new post with just a "w00t! Nice work!" doesn't always add much to a thread. I pretty much read everything and post when I feel like it.


Anyway,

w00t! Nice work!

[SabreNoose]

Thanks for your interest guys, im really excited about how the project is going, im just waiting for my pc case to arrive from the modders challenge so i can migrate my pc to this case and then finish off the hl2 case.

[XcOM]

Exactly. Adding a new post with just a "w00t! Nice work!" doesn't always add much to a thread. I pretty much read everything and post when I feel like it.


Anyway,

w00t! Nice work!


Ditto, i tend to read and post when a) I can be botthered, B) see somthing truly ammasing.

I love HL2, i think your doing an ammasing job.

w00t! n!c3 w0rk
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